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- The sheriff of the county is elected by men who call him the "squarest sheriff alive." Panchita Garcia, the flower of the town, loved by all, leaves home for a walk, passing through the town, where all the cowboys come out to meet her. "Bad" Pedro, a native, sees her and follows. He overtakes her and tries to kiss her. The sheriff, who has been passing by and has given Pedro's wife money to buy food for the starving children, hears her and runs to her assistance. He takes as a remembrance her shawl which she drops. A week elapses and Jose Del Barra, a handsome Mexican, is caught stealing cattle by Jim Stephens. Stephens recognizes Jose, who escapes. Jose goes to his paramour, Faro Mamie, who keeps the roulette hall, and tells her what has happened. Meanwhile, Stephens rides for the sheriff and he returns with Stephens. They attack the roulette hall and in the fight Stephens kills Mamie and Jose in turn kills Stephens. Jose and the sheriff fight and Jose hits the sheriff on the head, causing amnesia. He forgets all. A year elapses and the sheriff still worships at Panchita's shrine. He calls to see her and four other sullen cowboys call at the same time. Panchita runs out and leaves them. Jose, returning to his old haunts, is startled by Panchita falling over an embankment at his very feet. He picks her up and finds she has only fainted. It is a case of love at first sight. The sheriff, returning angry and hurt, sees Panchita in Jose's arms, but does not see Jose's face. That night the sheriff determines to see Panchita again and goes to her house to find Panchita in Jose's arms. Jose does not see him but suddenly the sheriff remembers all and recognized Jose. Panchita pleads with the sheriff to let her elope with Jose as she says she loves him. Without telling her about Jose, the sheriff lets her go. Returning to town he hears shots in the saloon and, rushing in, finds a posse formed to go after Jose. The posse has received a telegram from the Albuquerque police, telling them of the murder. The sheriff takes a warrant and says he will go alone. He intends to prevent Panchita's marriage by winning her himself. He rides all night and arrives at Los Levos at dawn. As he rides up to the church Panchita comes out with Jose and informs the sheriff, joyfully, that they are married. The sheriff is dazed, but then gamely tells Panchita that he has brought her a wedding present. He deliberately tears up the warrant and leaves them. Heartbroken, he takes off his badge and rides slowly back along the trail.
- All the men in the neighborhood love Bess, the daughter of the Mayor of Rockville, but she treats them coldly. Among this number is Jack Dayton, a son of Old Ireland known as the "No-Gun-Man" and Lesparre, leader of the Coyote gang. Lesparre brings his gang to town, holds up the bartender, secures all the whiskey they want, then robs the bank belonging to the Mayor, who offers $5,000 reward for the return of the stolen property. Jack's great desire is to get enough money to send to his mother in Ireland, to pay for the cottage in which she lives; so he starts after the bandits unarmed, although he is urged to take a gun. In the meantime, Lesparre has also kidnapped Bess and taken her to a place in the hills known as Coyote Hole. When Jack learns of this, he redoubles his efforts. He allows himself to be captured by the bandits, and on being taken before the chief, tells him he wishes to join the gang, and the chief finally consents. As soon as everyone is asleep, Jack enters the room in which Bess is imprisoned, and helps her to escape. He then wraps his blanket about him again and goes to sleep. In the morning the loss of the girl is discovered and Jack is suspected, and is locked in the room in which Bess was imprisoned. He finds the money and papers hidden in the bed, watches his chance, attacks the two men who are guarding him, defeats them after a desperate fight and escapes with the money. He reaches the railroad and climbs on a passing freight train. The gang follows closely, and after a fight, Jack throws Lesparre off the train, He finally reaches Rock River, is acclaimed a hero, returns the money and papers to the Mayor, and receives the girl in exchange.
- An old Indian legend tells of the supposed ability of persons who have been turned into wolves through magic power to assume human form at will for purposes of vengeance.
- Marion Summers, in love with Curlew, comes to the notice of Gordon Barnes, who is much impressed with her. Curlew is intimate with Mamie We Voux. a demimondaine. When he informs her of his engagement to Marion, Mamie is very angry at being thus cast aside, and determines to make trouble. She, accordingly, brings Curlew's true character to the knowledge of Marion, who orders him out of the house. Marion, to get away from it all, accepts a friend's invitation to join a party on a yachting cruise. Barnes happens also to be one of the party. Marion thinks continually of Curlew and for that reason has no more than a passing interest in the gentlemanly Barnes. A storm arises and the yacht is wrecked. The only survivors are Marion and Barnes. They are cast upon a desert island and Barnes constitutes himself a guardian of Marion in the barren wilderness. He constructs a rude shelter, which they occupy, and both daily scan the horizon for a ship to take them back to civilization. Curlew hears of the loss of the yacht with all on board and is much affected by the news, for he really loves Marion Summers. The lonely pair remain upon the island for two months without a sign of an approaching sail. Barnes learns to love Marion, but she will have nothing to do with him. Finally one evening, being unable to control his passion for his beautiful companion, Barnes seizes Marion and covers her face with feverish kisses, against which she is unable to defend herself. When he again approaches her she seizes his knife and threatens to do him injury if he repeats his actions. Marion from that time on develops an intense hatred for Barnes. Months roll by and finally Marion informs Barnes of a life that is to come. Marion's hate continues to grow after the child is born. Barnes begs to be allowed to hold and fondle the baby, but Marion repulses his every advance with scorn. Curlew, meanwhile, leaves on an exploring expedition and by chance they land on the island of which Marion, Barnes and the baby are the only inhabitants. Marion is planning to kill Barnes, but at the last moment realizes she will be afraid to be alone, and controls her hatred. Curlew discovers Marion and tries to question her, but she is silent. She makes an appointment to meet him that night, however, and leaves him mystified. Curlew keeps the appointment, but Marion does not come. At last she sees Barnes holding their baby in his arms and is torn with conflicting emotion; whether to flee with the man she believes she loves, and to tell him of the child, or to turn to the man who has forcibly made her his wife. Marion keeps her appointment later and Curlew finally begs her to come with him. She tells him that if her campfire is left burning it shall be the sign to him that she will leave the island with him. Curlew accepts the ultimatum and watches for the appointed signal. Marion, returning to their little camp, has a struggle with herself. After waiting for some time, Curlew seeks her out and tries to force her to come with him. Barnes appears and the two have a hand-to-hand struggle. Curlew's companions join in the fight and Marion, desperate and realizing that, after all, it is Barnes she loves for the man that he is, runs into the hut and returns with their baby. Curlew, at sight of it, leaves abashed. Later, Curlew sends Marion a note, promising to care for her and the child if she will keep the appointed signal and leave with him. She hands it to Barnes. He expects that she will accept, but she only smiles, then deliberately picks up the loose earth and smothers the camp fire. Then, turning to him she gives herself into his arms.
- Harry is thrown out of town and on his way across the desert meets a minister and his family; when the man is killed in an Indian raid, Harry takes care of his little daughter, later puts on the minister's frock and reforms a town.
- Jeanne La Roche lives alone with her brother in the great northwestern country. Jacques is a ne'er-do-well and has fallen under the suspicion of the mounted police, two of whom are dispatched to arrest him for robbery. The stolen goods are found in his home. Jeanne is too young to be left in their lonely cabin, so she is taken to the post, where the wife of the proprietor welcomes her and gives her a home. Several years later, Donald McLean wins her for his wife. Meantime Jacques escapes from prison, eludes his pursuers and takes refuge in McLean's home. Recognizing him, Jeanne hides him until she has dispensed with the police, then carries food and drink and an exchange of clothes to him and bids him an affectionate farewell. McLean, upon returning, sees his wife in another man's arms. He shoots the stranger, leaving him for dead; locks his wife in the cabin and proceeds to the tavern to drown jealousy in drink. Meantime, Jacques, recovering consciousness, staggers off. Jeanne, angered by the unreasoning anger of her husband, disguises herself in an old suit of his, steals out through the window, discovers her brother has gone and follows his footprints. McLean, returning, finds both gone, apparently together, and starts after them. Jacques is taken care of by a friendly Indian and Jeanne finds refuge in the home of Cox. Mrs. Cox is touched by her story and has Jeanne in her arms when Cox enters. Cox, seeing the affection displayed by his wife toward a strange "man," shoots and wounds the girl. Explanations follow and Jeanne is given a home with them. Fully recovered, Jacques, with much money from a trapping trip, through the northern woods, grows reckless and returns to see his sister, only to find her gone. He makes his way to the tavern, where a poker game is in progress. He flashes his money and is followed and murdered by a half-breed. Suspicion falls on McLean. He is arrested and taken to police headquarters. Meantime the half-breed, sorely wounded in the encounter which proves fatal to Jacques, staggers to the home of Cox, confesses his crime, and tells of the arrest of McLean. She arrives in time to save him and all ends happily.
- Old man Wilson is much inclined to a liberal use of liquor. His daughter. Nell, is known and liked by all the cowboys of the surrounding ranches. Jack Harding is especially fond of Nell. Old man Wilson fears Jack. The manager of the ranch on which Jack works is negotiating with a livestock exchange relative to the sale of a bunch of horses, and accordingly, the buyer of the exchange, Neal Banning, arrives on the ground, accompanied by his daughter, to look over the stock. Jack finds the city-bred girl very fascinating, while she finds much to admire in the young cowboy. The two take many rides together, in which Jack explains the country and the business of the livestock people to the girl. Nell notices the growing intimacy between the two, and is very down-hearted over it. Banning takes a liking to Jack and the girl tells him he can secure a place with her father in Kansas City. Jack promises to think the matter over. Banning and his daughter leave for the railroad station to await the arrival of the stock. Nell, noticing the growing preoccupation of Jack surmises he is thinking a great deal of the other girl, and she decides to exert herself to win him back. The boss of the ranch receives a letter from the buyer stating that the horses must be delivered at the railroad point at a certain time, and asking that Jack be allowed to accompany the horses, as he has a position in mind for him. The men in charge of the horses set out on the journey, which will take a couple of days. On the second stop they throw up a temporary corral, to keep the horses from straying. Nell follows the men and arrives at their camp after dark. She determines upon a desperate move to prevent Jack from leaving. Accordingly, she cuts the corral fence and stampedes the horses. The cowboys, aroused by the uproar, hurriedly pursue the fleeing horses while Jack, seeing the fleeing figure whom he thinks is guilty of the outrage, pursues it. Fearing he will not overtake the fugitive, Jack begins to shoot, and a well-directed shot brings the figure down. When Jack arrives, he is very much surprised to find that Nell is the one he has wounded, and he asks her why she did such a foolish deed. Nell then tells him that she stampeded the horses because she did not want him to leave. Jack realizes that it has been Nell all along whom he has cared for. He picks her up and carries her safely to the house. At the station, Banning and his daughter are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the horses, which finally arrive just as the train starts to leave. The girl is very much disappointed when she is handed a note from Jack, telling her that he has changed his mind and decided to remain on the range.
- The opening scene of this picture shows a concert hall of the West, and a Spanish dancer performing. After finishing her dance she goes among the spectators for money, and Jim Belden is the favored of them all. Alvers, a Mexican, resents this, and when scorned by the Spanish girl, draws a knife. Jim soon masters him and he is obliged to leave the place. A new admirer enters, and in the excitement of tormenting him, a shot is fired through the window which fells the dancer to the ground. Jim points to the window and all rush to it and see the Mexican mounting and riding off. The cowboys then mount their horses and go in pursuit. The Mexican sees he is being followed, but succeeds in hoodwinking his pursuers by leading his horse off the trail, and after the men pass he rides back over it, joining a band of Mexicans, who, upon hearing his trouble, go away with him. The cowboys, after much hard riding, decide to camp for the night, and after their fires are made they are surrounded by the Mexicans. A fierce conflict ensues, in which many on both sides are wounded. One cowboy, however, succeeds in capturing the guilty Mexican. After caring for the injured ones, the cowboys proceed to prepare for their homeward march, dragging the Mexican along with them. When they reach the concert hall the dancer identifies the Mexican, who pleads for mercy. This is refused him, and he is later taken away by the Sheriff to be punished for his crime. The picture ends with a tableau of the Spanish dancer holding the hands of her two admirers.
- Mariea, a young Italian girl, when carrying from a vineyard a basket on her head, spurns assistance offered by Philipo, but later gladly accepts aid from Guido. This naturally angers Philipo, who awaits his chance for revenge, which comes all too soon. He is ploughing lazily, and when reprimanded by Guido, starts a quarrel. He comes off the victor, but in his haste to get away from his crime, leaves his knife. When Guido is discovered, Mariea, after overcoming her grief, recognizes Philipo's weapon, and vows to avenge Guido. Philipo leaves his native town, but not without first being seen by a young boy, who darts off to inform Mariea. When she learns of this, she, too, bids farewell to her home and starts after Philipo. A year later she is playing an organ in the streets in New York, and is surrounded by many listeners. A man joins the crowd and in him Mariea recognizes Philipo, whom she attempts to stab, but is prevented by two men. He escapes, while Mariea is held. Philipo, however, meets with an untimely end. He falls to hear warning of a blast, and keeps on working among the rocks. They find him dying and carry him to a soft spot, where Mariea finds him. Seeing his miserable plight, she throws away the knife and leaves his punishment in the hands of the Lord.
- Sheriff Crane's wife and child are preparing for a little journey with their wagon and team. On arriving at the store, the wife, on attempting to get out, stumbles and startles the horses, which causes them to run away, the child hanging on to the wagon. This is seen by Harry, who gives chase, captures the runaway horses, and returns the child, unhurt, to the mother, she returns home to tell her husband of the bravery of the stranger. Harry stops at the saloon kept by Vesta, which is patronized by rough Bill and his gang. While there a poor old man enters accompanied by a dog. He begs for something to eat for himself and the animal, saying that the dog, will do tricks in payment. After the performance Bill abuses the dog. Bill strikes the old man and is called to account by Harry. There is a struggle and the gun explodes, killing the old man, but before dying, the latter gives his dog to Harry, begging him to care for it. Harry leaves with the dog and a threat from Bill. Later, Harry returns and there is a general fight. The gang get after Harry but escapes. Later he is shot and falls from the horse. The latter races on and crawls in the brush. The gang, misled, ride on. They meet the sheriff and tell him of the affair. Vesta is called away by one of the men. The dog enters, sneaks the bacon Vesta was cutting and takes it to Harry. Vesta cannot understand how the bacon has disappeared. The following day the same thing occurs but the dog is seen by Vesta, who shoots, wounding him in the leg. He follows and sees him take the food to Harry. He returns to the saloon and tells the gang. Harry is captured and brought to the saloon to be lynched. He is seen by the sheriff's wife. She explains to her husband that he is the man who saved their child's life. The sheriff gives Harry his horse and allows him to depart.
- The film opens with a scene showing the old Indian chief, Arrow Head, selling beadwork at a railroad station. After the train departs he sits down in the shade and falls asleep, living again in his dream the days of his youth as a Yuma brave. The Apache and Yuma Indians, as allies, had been waging a bitter warfare against the whites. The United States government massed large bodies of troops in the district, determined to crush out the guerrilla warfare. The Apaches were willing to make peace, but feared their allies. A conference was held between the Apaches, Yumas and the government representatives, at which the Apaches defied the troops, but the Yumas signed a treaty on condition that the government protect them against the Apaches. During the conference Arrow Head met Red Feather, the daughter of the Sioux chief, and the two young people fall in love. Red Feather overhearing the plans of the Apaches to attack the Yuma camp, and fearing for the safety of her lover, sent her young brother to warn him. The Yumas, though outnumbered, were thus able to arrange a hurried defense, and the battle raged fiercely. Realizing that they must soon be annihilated by their ferocious adversaries. Arrow Head volunteered to ride to the distant fort and appeal to the soldiers for aid. Mounted on a fleet horse, he dashed through the Apache lines, and though sorely wounded managed to elude his pursuers. His horse dropped from exhaustion and he found himself in sight of the Apache village. Red Feather sees him and conceals him in her tepee, where he rests and is given water to quench his thirst. The pursuing Apaches are told by Red Feather that Arrow Head has gone by and they follow the direction she gives. She then brings her pony for her lover, and he reaches the fort without further mishap. When the savages find they have been tricked Red Feather is punished by being staked out in the desert. The rescuing soldiers find her, and then continue their mad gallop to the scene of battle. A fierce encounter takes place, but the Apaches, attacked from the top of the hill by the Yumas, and from the front by the soldiers, are badly defeated. The old Yuma chief, mortally wounded, calls his braves about him, and as a reward for the bravery of Arrow Head hands the latter his head-dress, the insignia of rank, with the consent of the approval of the grateful tribe whose lives Arrow Head has saved.
- With the opening of the story Richelieu pardons the Duke of Orleans and all his followers in the Languedoc revolt, save one. The exception is Adrien de Mauprat, because he seized a French town without his leader's orders. Richelieu advises him to lead his troops against the Spaniards and seek honorable death in battle. Julie, Richelieu's ward, loves de Mauprat, but notwithstanding her entreaties, the Cardinal is relentless; de Mauprat courts death on the battlefield. But now that he seeks death, it shuns him; instead of a soldier's grave, he wins glory. Julie has another admirer, Haradas, the King's favorite. Aware of de Mauprat's place in Julie's affections, he sets himself to bring discredit upon his rival. Later, Julie, at the King's request, attends court. She makes a deep impression upon the weak-minded, fickle monarch. A year after the departure of de Mauprat, Baradas and his followers conspire to murder Richelieu and seize the throne of France. At this critical time de Mauprat returns, famous in battle, sad of heart and loathing Richelieu. Thus he becomes a ready member of the conspirators. However, Richelieu hears of his arrival and of the conspiracy and has him arrested. In the meantime, Julie has returned from court and again appeals for de Mauprat's life. Thus, when de Mauprat is ushered into the Cardinal's presence, instead of hearing his death sentence, he is informed that he will marry Julie the following day. Hearing of this the King is violently angry: Julie is summoned to appear at court. Once there she is virtually held prisoner and her marriage is declared invalid. The false Barad is convinces de Mauprat that he has been tricked by Richelieu. De Mauprat swears vengeance and again joins the conspirators, all of whom sign a scroll addressed to the Spaniards offering to deliver France into their hands. From here the story develops with plot and counterplot. How de Mauprat discovers his tragic mistake in thinking the Cardinal has double-crossed him, how he manages, through a heroic effort, to save the old man's life, how de Mauprat falls into the hands of the King and is only saved by a master stroke of diplomacy on Richelieu's part, the death of the scheming Baradas and the final achievement of happiness for the young lovers, Julie and de Mauprat, makes up the essential points of the story.
- Fulfilling a promise made to his mother on her deathbed, Dr. James Gibson finds his sister Pauline who has run away after giving birth to an illegitimate child. His sister's mind has snapped and Gibson takes his sister and his baby niece home with him. The years pass and the niece has grown into a beautiful woman while her mother is kept locked in a room that the young woman is forbidden to enter. Gibson and his wealthy neighbor, John Morris, are both interested in hypnotism, and one night the two men conduct an experiment by hypnotizing Gibson's niece. Pauline sees Morris from her window and recognizes him as the man who deserted her after fathering her child. One night she escapes from her room, takes her daughter's shawl, and stabs Morris to death. Returning home, she touches her daughter's hair, leaving blood stains on the sleeping girl. Morris is found murdered, the young girl's shawl is found near his body, and his blood is found on the still sleeping girl. The niece is arrested and convicted of murder, but Pauline is found dead in her room clutching a watch taken from Morris, and the young girl is cleared.
- When Indians attack a white settlement, a brave kidnaps a white baby to give to his wife as a replacement for their dead baby. The white mother goes to the Indian camp to look for her child and is captured by the Indians who plan to torture her. The settlers attack the Indian camp, destroying it completely and killing the braves, while the Indian wife returns the baby to the white woman and allows her to escape. The Indian wife mourns her baby at its grave, unaware of the destruction of the Indian camp.
- The period is 1876; trains of settlers are moving westward. It is the time of pioneers and prairie schooners. Dan is leading one wagon train and his party fall in with another led by a stalwart Indian, Mahomena. They proceed together. Amongst the latter party is a young girl, Eunice, and she and Dan are immediately attracted to each other, a proceeding viewed with disfavor by Mahomena. Eunice is independent and fearless and Dan sees her go off alone on her horse. He sees the Indian follow, and being suspicious he follows. Mahomena overtakes Eunice and tells her that she must be his squaw, and when she cuts him across the face with her whip, he binds her and is leading her horse off, when Dan steals up, cuts the leading lines and drives the Indian into camp at gunpoint. Mahomena is bound and thrown near a camp fire. He manages to release himself by holding the thongs over burning embers. He escapes and his absence is discovered, but though they follow him, he is not caught. He joins the Sioux. The immigrant trains arrive at a military post and depart. Soon after a scout brings news to the Fort that the Indians are on the warpath. Mahomena watches the immigrant from points of vantage and keeps the Sioux acquainted with their movements. Dan, on scout duty, discovers signs of Indians, and finding one of Mahomena's feathers, warns the immigrants to move with caution. The wagon trains are attacked and the situation is critical when Dan rides through the Indian lines. He is followed, but climbs a tree until the Indians pass, when he resumes his ride to the Fort, secures help and rides back with the troop in time to save Eunice from Mahomena and the pioneers from the Indians.
- Dr. Reid, a young American physician in the Philippines, risks his life in the cause of patriotism, and eventually wins the love of the girl of his choice. With the idea of developing in the natives in his community the spirit of manly citizenship, Dr. Reid requests the War Department to furnish him with a number of discarded Winchesters with which to drill the natives. His request is granted and he succeeds in getting together quite an enthusiastic company. Dr, Reid is not the only instructor in patriotism. Young Pauline Bush, a teacher in the Islands, has for some time been instructing her pupils in all that the American flag means to her. When she finds that Dr, Reid is also patriotically inclined, a bond of friendship is cemented between the two Americans. Bonita, one of Pauline's pupils, has for some time been deeply but hopelessly in love with the young doctor, and is very despondent when she sees the growing attraction between the young Americans. Her father wishes to join Dr. Reid's company, but because of his age is not allowed to do so. Dr. Reid, however, gives him a gun, which the old man becomes very fond of. Camped close to the settlement is a company of Spaniards, one of whom, through disorderly conduct, is stripped of his uniform and driven from camp. This renegade makes his way to the settlement and there encounters Bonita, the young native girl. Bonita's beauty attracts the renegade, who makes insulting advances to her. Doctor Reid witnesses the encounter and after a short, sharp fight with the renegade, he is sent about his business. The renegade, smarting under the drubbing he has received, vows revenge on the American, and when he discovers him drilling the natives, he hastens to the Spanish camp and informs the officer in charge that the American doctor is teaching the Filippinos war. The Spaniards hasten to the settlement and finding Bonita's father fondling the gun given him by the doctor; they decide to make an example of him. They seize the old man and drag him to a nearby wall, where they proceed to execute him, Bonita, who witnesses the shooting of her father, is wild with grief, and runs to her beloved teacher and tells her what has occurred. Pauline fearlessly rushes to the place of the execution, and furiously reprimands the two Spaniards who are standing by the body. They debate for a moment, then grab the teacher and attempt to drag her away. Dr. Reid, who is hunting nearby, sees the struggle and swiftly dispatches both soldiers. He hastens to Pauline's side and leads both girls away. Dr. Reid realizes the significance of the shooting of the old man and quickly gathers his little company together. They are not a moment too soon, for the Spaniards charge the settlement. The women and children hide at the school house, where they are at last joined by the men, fighting each inch of the way. A desperate battle is waged around the tiny school house and the doctor and his little band are more than outnumbered. Bonita sees the battle from a distance and hastens swiftly to the American camp and informs the officer what she has seen. The American troops hurry to the scene of the conflict and reach the schoolhouse just as the doctor, who has fired his last round of ammunition, is about to surrender. The Americans quickly drive the Spaniards from the field, but Bonita, who has followed, is shot. She falls, clutching the American flag which she has learned to love. Dr. Reid and Pauline find the young native girl and feelingly drape her remains with the silken folds of "Old Glory."
- The tribe moves on, leaving behind the parents of Alatoma, who are very sick. Alatoma stays with them, and Gray Cloud, her suitor, remains to assist her. A party of surveyors comes in the vicinity, including a handsome young doctor, and the latter cures the sick people. Alatoma falls in love with the doctor, but he gently stops her advances, showing her the photograph of his fiancée. Gray Cloud, who has been furiously jealous, admires the honorable conduct of the doctor, and gives him a bag of gold nuggets, taken from a secret mine of the Indians.
- A western saloon sells more liquor than a distillery can make, and a salesman, to fill, the heavy demand, tries to introduce a new drink (Turkish Opal) into the town. The saloon-keeper agrees to take one thousand cases if the boys like it and the two await the arrival of customers. The boys from the Bar U, five in number, are towing to town an aeroplane which has broken down. They arrive in time to have the salesman try his "Turkish Opal" on them. The drink wins favor at once and they then return to resume the towing. The drink is potent, and is all the salesman claims for it. Returning to the plane, one of the boys points to the ground where a Turkish rug appears. They decide to see how it feels to sit in an aeroplane, and the machine gently rises with them. They approach a town, and on close view it proves to be a typical Turkish city. The streets are crowded with Turks. Then the boys crash through the roof into a palace room, where a beautiful woman is discovered. They win her favor and she becomes their guide as they leave to inspect the city. They meet the king who asks them to step into the anteroom. They bow, and back into the room into an opening in the floor, and come shooting down into a wild-beast arena. The sides are lined with cages full of lions. Their fair guide aids them to escape. While going up the street, a big auto swings around the corner with an American girl in it, evidently a captive. Their guide suddenly stops, and shows them a train approaching. One of the boys grabs the girl and they then watch the express tear down the main street. A note flutters to their feet from a high window. It is from the American girl asking for help. They determine to rescue her, and a fight ensues. They are just escaping with her when their dream comes to an abrupt end. They accuse the new drink and return furiously to the saloon resolved to run the salesman out of town.
- Major Carter, owner of the Sunset mines, reads of a reward offered for Cheyenne Harry if captured. The butler gives him a telegram telling of the flooding of several shafts in his mine. He is soon on the way to the mine in his car. Ruth, his daughter, follows in her roadster. In the hills, Cheyenne Harry reads the newspaper account of himself. As he looks at the road below he sees the sheriff and several of his men riding. Harry picks up a stone and succeeds in hitting the sheriff. The sheriff and his men dismount, but they can find no one. Harry has disappeared. Ruth's car sticks fast in crossing a stream, and when she sees Harry riding toward her, she calls to him to help her. At first he refuses, but he finally agrees to let her ride his horse while he leads it. He tells her that he is going to get even with her father by taking her to his hang-out. On the sly, she succeeds in tearing up some of her cards and scattering them along the way. Down by the stream her father and the sheriff meet, and all start to trail the horse, after finding her car. Later they came across the torn cards, and it is an easy matter to find the cave. The sheriff calls to Harry to surrender and he answers with a shot. They exchange many shots and finally Ruth begs him to surrender and trust her. Harry consents and waves a flag of truce, but the sheriff shoots him through the shoulder. Ruth starts to bind Harry's wound and the men come up. She tells them that he is her prisoner, and that she will drive him back to town. The sheriff says a deputy must go along. Ruth agrees, and they start. She drives fast and is soon ahead of the other machine. She has engine trouble and the deputy gets out to see what is the matter. Quickly she starts the car and he is left behind. She drives to the river and points to Harry that his road lies ahead. At dinner that night Ruth has a vision of Harry sitting at the table with her.
- A deserting soldier encounters a wagon train of settlers. When they are faced with an Indian attack, he risks court martial to return to the Army post for help.
- When bandits capture the wife of a US army lieutenant stationed in the Philippines, along with her lover, the choice is his whether to forgive.
- Francois Villon, vagabond, poet and philosopher, and his friend Colin, leave the vagabond camp and start for Paris. En route to that city, Villon's heart is touched at sight of the eviction of an elderly couple from their poor home. Whereupon he empties his own and Colin's purse, pays the Beadle, and then resume their journey. Overcome with the pangs of hunger, they "lift " the purses of a couple of corpulent monks. For this breach of law both Villon and Colin are arrested and thrown into prison. They succeed in overpowering the turnkey and, assisted by Colin, who insists that his friend don the clothes of the turnkey, Villon makes his escape. Colin is tried, convicted and hanged. At the foot of the gibbet, Villon's farewell to the swinging Colin is interrupted by the entrance of the Chevalier do Soissons. Villon resents the knight's tirade against the corpse of Colin. Fight ensues and the crafty vagabond slays the knight, using as a weapon a great stone. The rich purse, armor, etc., of de Soissons proves too strong a snare for the impoverished Villon, who quickly changes habiliments with the dead knight, props the body against the gallows and then continues on his way to Paris. Philippa de Annonnay, the fair ward of the Chevalier Bertrand de Pogne, is held prisoner in an inn. Villon chooses this inn wherein to satisfy the cravings of hunger. Here he meets de Pogne. From her window she sees the entrance of Villon and determines to appeal to the strange knight. An animated discussion between Villon and de Pogne is interrupted by a scream from Philips. Villon starts to climb the stairs to the gallery of the inn. De Pogne bars the way and a terrific battle with swords ensues. The fight continues up the stairs and toward Philippa's window, through which the girl reaches as the fight continues on the balcony and stabs de Pogne, who falls to the floor below, dead. Villon conducts Philippa safely to her castle, then resumes his journey to Paris. Having dissipated the proceeds of the de Soissons adventure, Villon hies himself to a garret, where he spends his time in courting the muses. Louis XI, the "Prowler," determines to test the loyalty of Villon. To this end, the king hies himself to a dungeon in the Bastille, causes the arrest of Villon, then offers that worthy his freedom if he will help overthrow the king. Villon indignantly refuses to purchase his freedom at such a price. Whereupon Louis reveals himself to the poet and presents Villon with a bound copy of his (Villon's) manuscript, which was the first book to be printed in France. Then Louis knights him, bestowing upon Villon the title Chevalier des Loges.
- The Apache Chiefs and Sub-Chiefs, Naitche, Ketena, Tahchilsa and others, come to the reservation barracks and demand liquor. They are very angry at the refusal given, and Lieutenant Davis, in charge, is apprehensive of trouble. The Apaches return to camp and make the squaws brew tizwin, their native liquor. A scout sees the effects of the brew and notes the braves in full war paint dancing. The scout reports to Lieut. Davis, who sends Second Lieut. Clark, with a troop of cavalry, to stop the warlike preparations. The troopers go to the Indian camp and the chief is informed that his tribe will be punished if he is not careful. The Indians show their resentment plainly and Chief Mangus's squaw would shoot Clark but for the interference of Mangus. After their departure, the squaw fires the braves on to action, and they start out to exterminate the Pale Face upstarts. They fire a pioneer cabin, kill the man and take the woman off. Clark reports to Davis, who leads a troop to the Indian camp and confiscates the tepees and takes the squaws prisoners. Mangus's squaw, Huera, being amongst the number. The Indians swear a terrible oath of vengeance. From their mountain retreat they descend cautiously to the reservation barracks and Chief Mangus climbs the brush stockade and rescues his squaw, Huera. An Indian climbs a telegraph pole and cuts the wires to destroy communication. Davis deems it advisable to call for reinforcements. He finds the wires are cut. He determines upon an immediate attack and rides after the redskins. The Indians see them and plan an ambush. They see the troopers enter a pass, which leads to a sandy plain. The Indians race across the mountain path, enter the plain and bury themselves in the sand. The Cavalry comes along and falls into the trap. The Indians rise from the sand on every side and annihilate them, and all that is left the next day are the naked bodies of the dead troopers.
- Jack Marston is the sheriff of a western town and Jennie, his sister, is postmistress and operator at the stage station. Among the inhabitants of the town is an Indian breed. An outcast from his own people, he is looked down upon by the race of his adoption, although his education has included a college course. The express company has posted a reward for the apprehension of one Apache Kid and his band of fellow robbers. The next night the band arrive in the town and hold up one of the main saloons. Peggy, a dance hall girl, takes the fancy of the leader, the Apache Kid, and he abducts her and takes her with them when they make their escape. After dividing the loot the band separates. The Kid takes Peggy and hides in the nearby hills. The sheriff and his party pursue the bandits, but lose them in the rocky canyons. The breed has accompanied the posse and wanders off alone to trace the bandits in his own way. The sheriff, too, becomes separated from his men and is seen by the Apache Kid. The bandit captures the sheriff and leaves a note to the posse, telling them to quit searching for the bandits and to bring him five thousand dollars under penalty of finding the sheriff shot full of holes. The posse, realizing the life of the sheriff is in danger, hurry back to the town to raise the money, but the bandits' haul has been such a large one that there is hardly five thousand dollars left in the town. Jennie wires to the nearest express office, telling them to send the money, and arranges relay horses so as to get the money before sunrise next morning. Next morning the Kid is awaiting the sunrise to see whether he kills the sheriff or not. Through an accident, the breed locates the hiding place and attacks the bandit. His superior strength prevails and the bandit is thrown over the cliff. Jennie has received the money, and accompanied by a posse, makes all haste to take the money to the Apache Kid. Her surprise and joy are unbounded when the party meet the breed, Peggy and the sheriff returning. They learn of the bandit's death and the bravery shown by the breed. The sheriff recalls his debt to the breed and regrets the humiliating remarks made to the latter when he had warned him to stay away from the girl. As the story ends, the girl finds her trust in the breed was justified and the others begin to look upon him with more respect and honor.
- At the time the play opens the .Southern army is harassing the Unionists. The Northern spy force is augmented and Grace, whose brother, Harry, is already in the secret service, joins it. She meets Harry and together they take a coach to the Southern town they have selected to spy upon. A prominent colonel in the Southern army deals with dispatches, and it is this man that Grace investigates while Harry awaits events. The colonel has a sweetheart, May, and Grace manages to got an introduction to her at a ball by purposely tearing her dress and appealing to May for help. This leads to an acquaintance with the Colonel, and she practices all her woman's wiles and fascinations upon him and he is impressed with her. Grace learns that important dispatches are to be forwarded and plots to get into the colonel's house. She manages matters cleverly, and contrives to have her carriage break down before his residence. The colonel endeavors to get rid of her, but she stalls him off until the arrival of May, when he has to hide her in the next room. May comes to warn him about Grace, for she is suspicious and her woman's intuition tells her that Grace is there for no good. The colonel tries to defend Grace, who gets a chance to change the dispatches for false ones, but drops a letter by mistake, and escapes by way of the window, giving the dispatches to her brother. May sees the letter of commendation from the North. A servant has seen Harry. The colonel rides off after him. He catches up with him as they ride into the battlefield, and in a hand-to-hand duel Harry is killed by the colonel, who is himself mortally wounded by a stray bullet. Grace returns to Washington and receives compliments and rewards. She returns to her home with a clouded conscience, and while sitting looking at her reward, the specters of Harry and the colonel appear and beckon her. She is forced to go with them, and together they appear on the battlefield and they show her their own bodies, and slowly they fade away and their specters enter their dead bodies. She comes to and staggers to the stairs to get assistance. She faints and falls down the stairway and dies.
- Interesting scenes are shown of the parade grounds and of Bob Evans, one of the post telegraphers, at work. The following message comes over the wire: "Sioux Indians holding war dance. Fear outbreak. Protect wagon trains and settlements. White, Indiana commissioner." A scouting party is immediately sent out, Evans being detailed therewith. The Indians, however, have already started on a mission of death and destruction. Settlers are wiped out and their cabins burned. They meet a Tartar in old man Hart, who barricades the doors and sells the lives of himself and his family at great cost to the redskins. The approach of the soldiers is reported by means of smoke signals by Indians hidden on hilltops, and the savages lay a clever ambush into which the soldiers fall. At the first volley Evans is tumbled from his saddle. The soldiers wheel round and dash back, but they are surrounded by "the circle of death," which narrows down like the coil of a python, until the few survivors, making the last desperate stand, are dispatched. Meantime, Evans has regained consciousness. He makes for the telegraph line, and stumbling and falling, reaches his goal. Racked with pain, and weak from loss of blood, he manages to reach the top of the pole, and taps the wire, connecting his pocket instrument. His sweetheart, Eva Reynolds, the daughter of an officer is talking to the fort operator when this message clicks in: "Ambushed in Rocky Gulch. Many killed. Cannot bold out longer. Rush help. Evans." Sharply the Colonel gives his commands. The bugler calls "Boots and Saddles," and in a few moments the troopers are rushing at break-neck speed to the aid of their comrades. Anguished for the safety of her lover. Eva cannot bear the suspense, and, donning a soldier's uniform she mounts a horse and follows the troop. When they reach the battle ground they find the ground strewn with dead horses and men, but evidence of the terrific struggle which took place. Without stopping to bury the dead the soldiers follow the trail of the Indians, bent on vengeance. Eva dismounts and looks for Bob. Not finding him, she remounts and circles around. Lying senseless at the telegraph post she discovers Bob, and reviving him, she lifts him to her horse's back, and, mounting behind him, gallops back to the fort. The Indians have reached their camp, and the sentinels report the coming of the troops. A council of war is held, and a bold strategic plan decided upon. Head-dresses and blankets are mounted on sticks, which are thrust into the ground about the tepees. Making a detour, the Indians gallop madly toward the stockade, where the emigrants and settlers have taken refuge, under the protection of the small garrison left there. The soldiers fall into the trap. With a telescope, the Colonel sees the dummies and, believing them to be Indians holding a council, advances upon the camp. The chagrin of the soldiers increases their anger, as they realize they have been tricked, after making a fruitless charge into the deserted camp, and, suspecting the plan of the Indians they start back on the long ride to the fort. Knowing that the time to accomplish their purpose is limited, the Indians hurl themselves at the stockade with indescribable fury. Inside, every hand that can hold a gun is sending leaden messengers of death into the Indian ranks. Getting up from the hospital cot, Bob joins the defenders, and, forgetful of his painful wounds, plunges into the fray. Soon the Indians begin jumping over the top of the stockade, and terrific hand to hand combats take place. Bob grapples with a huge buck, but in his weakened state is overpowered, and as the Indian, throttling him with his left hand, raises his right with a deadly tomahawk in it, Eva leaps upon him and plunges a knife into his heart. As the tired horses thunder along, the troopers hear the shots and savage yells, and, conjecturing what is occurring at the stockade their mounts are not spared, but plunging the spurs into their flanks the soldiers swoop down on the Indians. With rage and resentment in their hearts they fight like demons, and the flashing sabers soon mark the end of the contest. The end of the film shows a sunset scene, with the lowering of the flag, with Bob and Eva thanking Providence for their deliverance.
- Disguised as a piper, a wealthy Scotsman wins the hand of a peasant girl.
- Christy Mathewson is engaged to Lillian Terry, daughter of Edward Terry, a rich merchant. The father favors the match, but dislikes the way Christie fools away his time playing baseball. Jack Prescott, the rejected suitor, tells Terry that if ever he lets Christy marry his daughter he will regret. At the instigation of his daughter, Terry makes Christy an offer to come into his office to work for the sum of $25 per week. Christy, against his own inclination, accepts the offer. This does not suit Prescott, who does all in his power to have Christy fired. In the office we are introduced to Otto, a baseball fiend, who is never happier than when arguing with his fellow clerks or in demonstrating to them the way in which various players pitch the ball. He and Christy soon become fast friends. Christy still continues playing baseball with an amateur team. On one occasion he leaves his sweetheart, telling her he has a business engagement. Prescott, meantime, meets Lillian on her way home. Christy is caught in the lie. Christy gives his word he will not play again. Otto, one day, is having a heated argument with his pals, and is trying to show them how a certain pitcher won his game. Christy is asked for his decision. He gets a baseball and as he throws it the door opens and Terry, with a rich client, enters. The ball strikes the rich client. Terry fires Christy. Christy, that evening, writes to Lil to the effect that he never was cut out for office work, and that he was going out into the world to find a career himself. He asks her to wait for him, which she promises to do. Later he is discovered by Jack North and the scout. North is the manager of a big league team. He makes him an offer, which Christy accepts. A year passes. The boys at the office learn that their old pal, Christy, may get a chance to show his worth that day at the ball grounds. They all fake telegrams saying that their grandmothers are dead. Terry, who knows himself what is in the wind, sympathizes and gives them the day off. He then 'phones Lillian. On the way to the game they meet Prescott, who accompanies them. At the Polo Grounds we have the regulation scenes of the different players warming up; this includes Tesreau, Marquard, Mathewson, etc. Later, end of eighth inning, score tied, four to four. The manager of the team decides to give Christy his chance. He takes out the man who has been pitching and sends Christy in. Christy is so nervous that he can scarcely hold the ball, but as he looks toward the grandstand, he sees Lil watching him eagerly. His nerve returns, and pitching a wonderful game, he shuts out the opposing team. Lillian sends a note to him to call at the house that evening. When he arrives there he finds that Lil's father has become a baseball enthusiast. Lil finds it difficult to get Christy alone, as Terry wants him to demonstrate the game and how he won it. Prescott has to sit and listen to all this, and to his disgust, Terry tells Christy that he can marry Lil whenever he likes.
- This picture starts by showing several officers examining a counterfeit bill, and also Miss Keene (the Secret Service woman), who is detailed to find the counterfeiters. She shadows Stubbs to a store and later to a large house on the outskirts of the town, to which Stubbs gains admittance. Miss Keene then disguises herself as a country girl and returns to the house, where she is admitted by a woman and instructed as to her duties. Upon her leaving the room, the chief counterfeiter and Stubbs enter and go over matters with the chief's wife. The Secret Service woman behind a screen watches, and sees the man place a quantity of bills in the valise, and hears the directions given to Stubbs. When Stubbs is left alone, Miss Keene is seen dusting and is made love to by Stubbs. He then takes up satchel and leaves, Miss Keene following after. We next see the female detective enter an old building through a cellar chute, where she finds Stubbs drinking. While under this influence he goes to a trunk and in it places the valise and also plates used in making money, and then falls across the table. She then secures the valise and plates and disappears. The chief enters and finding Stubbs asleep shows anger. He looks for bills and plates and not finding them pulls Stubbs to his feet. He does not believe that Stubbs knows nothing of their disappearance, and ties him to a post, leaving him for five minutes to decide to tell where they are. Miss Keene then enters and releases the much Surprised Stubbs, chinning his hat and coat, which completely hides her dress, and telling him to go. Miss Keene pulls the ropes about her as though she were tied. The chief then returns and as she is about to make him prisoner, Stubbs sneaks in and fells her to the ground. They tie her and compel her to disclose where the plates are hidden. The chief secures them and leaves with Stubbs. After struggling to free herself, she makes her escape through the chute. She overhears all their plans and follows them to the dock, where she enters as a newsboy and hides beneath a barrel. While the chief is helping his wife into the launch, he places the valise on the ground. Miss Keene succeeds in hiding it under the barrel with her. He discovers its loss when Stubbs gives warning of police, and they hasten to the launch. They are caught, however, handcuffed and taken prisoners. The next and final scene shows Miss Keene, the Secret Service woman, receiving congratulations for successfully tracking the notorious band of counterfeiters.
- The old King of Corona, by his heavy taxation, has heavily oppressed the peasants. His young wife, by her frivolous ways, has earned the name of "The Madcap Queen." Prince Frederick sympathizes with the poor peasants and an unsuccessful endeavor to lower this burden by reducing the tax. The charming personality of the madcap queen has quite won the heart of Prince Frederick, but he congratulates himself that he has kept the secret so well hidden that no one suspects him of loving the queen. Count Charles has the good will of the king and resents the popularity of Prince Frederick. He is outspoken in his admiration for the pretty queen and his attentions to her have become a matter of talk. Prince Frederick, leaving the palace one day, sees the miserable condition of the peasants. At home that night he picks up a book of the adventure of Dick Turpin. He reads of how that famous highwayman robbed the rich and gave the money to the poor. He decides to do the same thing, and a short time later the count and several others come in with the news that they have been robbed. In another part of the town a mysterious person leaves a bag of gold with a crowd of peasants, telling them that it is the gold of the rich to pay their taxes. The robberies of the rich continue, even the king and queen being made victims. Later the king remarks on the familiar appearance of the bandit and says that he reminds him of someone he knows well. The queen suspects the identity of the gentlemen bandit and through strategy learns who he is. The king orders out every available soldier and tells them to capture the bandit. The queen learns of the plans of the pursuers and believing that the bandit will be captured makes a quick trip in her car and manages to hide the man in her car and take him through the lines of the pursuers to safety. Someone has seen a man in the queen's car and tells the king. When the king asks the queen if it is true that someone was in the car, she says, "Certainly, I was in it myself." The queen slips into Frederick's apartments and when he returns from one of his robberies hides behind the curtain. Prince Frederick comes in accompanied by his servant and dismisses the latter with a warning that if he should ever disclose the adventures they have gone through his reward will be a home in a dungeon or possibly death. Frederick discovers the intruder in his room and orders her to come forth. The prince is very much disconcerted when he recognizes the queen. She tells him that she is going to tell the king because he did not thank her when she assisted in his escape. He pleads that if she does it will mean his death and asks if she really intends to let him die. Upon her assertion that she does, he tells that as he must face death, he may as well confess that he loves her. His surprise is very great when the madcap queen tells him that she has been trying to get him to say that he loves her for some time, and they agree to keep the matter secret. In the excitement which follows the news of his capture the old king dies and there seems every prospect that peace will come to the country and its queen.
- Bored with the ranch, Buck's girl goes off to the city and gets involved in a brothel. When Buck brings a herd of cattle to town, a streetwalker lures him to the house just in time for him to save his girl from Martin.
- Hell's Crown, a town where law and order are as scarce as preachers, is ruled by "Chuck" Wells, a former gun man. He has a dupe in Blaze, the terror of the town, and holds him by keeping him well supplied with money. A sheriff is appointed at Carson City on account of the horse rustlers. On the sheriff's arrival at Hell's Crown he has a brush with Blaze and shows he isn't a man to be fooled with. Chuck seeing his power slipping from him, gets Blaze to run him off. Blaze starts out with that intent, but meets Rose, the sheriff's daughter. Old memories are recalled while Blaze is with her. The next day Chuck takes four men and corners the sheriff on the street. Blaze jumps to the sheriff's side as he falls wounded, and cleans up the town. He wings Chuck and Chuck's men quit. After the doctor has pronounced the sheriff out of danger, Rose is attracted to Blaze, and the story closes with the sheriff on the road to recovery, and Rose and Blaze the best of friends.
- In June, 1891, two men toil through the desert toward Guadaloop, a town on the edge of the desert. Jack, the younger, is a desert prospector, while Ben Bostwick is considered the derelict of the town. "The Silver Top" Saloon is the social and business center of Guadaloop and is owned by Larry Malone, boss of the whole town. "Chip" Stevens is a pal of Larry. The stage drives in, and while the driver is getting a drink at the bar, he tells of the money he is carrying, but boasts of the five thousand dollars he is to bring in for the Banner Mine in the coming week. Chip is pleased by this news. Alice Malone comes to the saloon to see Larry, her father, just after he has received a letter from a friend, warning him to elect a sheriff in the town or the U.S. marshals will take charge of it themselves and will make it unpleasant for the inhabitants. When Jack and Ben arrive in the saloon, Chip proposes to Larry that Ben be elected as sheriff for he would be absolutely harmless. And as usual the bosses win and their candidate gets in office. Ben displays his star and revolvers with great pomposity. He never realizes that the men are making fun of him. When Jack starts out again toward the desert, Ben can't be persuaded to accompany him. Alice has promised to become Jack's wife as soon as he makes his strike, and is impatient for his return. Chip and two pals arrange to hold up the stage to get the five thousand dollars. Jack happens to be passing over a ridge and sees their preparations, and being suspicious, rides toward them. The stage is pursued, two of the outlaws are shot and then Chip climbs up on the back of the stage, fires at the driver and is just searching for the bag of money, when Jack climbs onto the coach. They fight, and soon both roll off the stage, while the horses dash away without a driver. Chip regains consciousness, and seeing Jack, removes the mask from his own face and puts it on Jack. He then takes the gold and he rides away, meeting one of his pals. The stage arrives in Guadaloop and Ben immediately sets out to catch the bandits. He finds Jack lying in the road with the mask on, and though grief-stricken, forces him to go with him to the town where he places him in the jail. When Alice is told the story, she passes a bar through the jail window, with which he pries up the bars of the window and escapes. He rides quickly to the case and catches Chip just as he is leaving with the gold. Ben and Alice follow Jack and meet him on the road as he is bringing Chip to town. They tell the people that it was just a joke, a preparation to get the real outlaw. Ben rides on with Chip, while Jack and Alice loiter on the way.
- Rita's parents leave her seated comfortably on the porch, but before they have been gone long, Juan, a Mexica, joins her. He offers demonstrations of his affection, to which Rita objects. When he becomes too persistent she slaps him. This, from Rita, he might have pardoned, had not Dick, her sweetheart, at this moment arrived and added the final indignity of a kick. Juan feels he is justified in thirsting for revenge and leaves the two lovers. He goes then to a shack where are some of his associates. To these friends he tells the tale and engages their services to help him punish Dick. Meanwhile Rita and her sweetheart start for a stroll through the palms and it is here the Mexican and his companions see them. They hide and when the two unconscious lovers come near they grab Dick. The strong effort he makes for freedom is useless; he is soon overpowered and dragged away. The Mexican lingers behind long enough to triumph over Rita and then follows his captive. For a moment her brain refuses to act, but she soon braces up and goes in search of help. She rushes to their stable and hurries the half-breed to Dick's assistance. She shows the trail to her companion and together they follow it. When Juan reaches the shack, he, with his friends, make merry and enjoy Dick's fruitless endeavors to loosen his bonds. The Mexican seats himself before the door as a guard, and at Rita's instruction (for she has located the shack) the half-breed stuns him and then dashes off with Juan's horses. Rita loses no time in freeing Dick, but Juan, who soon recovered from the blow, has warned the other Mexicans that they have been found and they all enter the shack. Any further trouble they might cause is avoided by the timely arrival of Rita's father, whom the half-breed brings to the cabin.
- Everybody knew Sheriff Baxter of Maverick was considerable of a coward and a "softie." The stage coach approaches Maverick, with one lone passenger. Two men see it. One wants to rob it, the other demurs. The first man, Giles, decides to rob it alone. He does so, taking the money he finds in the possession of the lone passenger, who is Dick Lonagan. Giles returns to his companion, Clanman, and goes to Ballinger, where Pete Howell recently robbed the post office. Cranman proceeds after the stage coach to Maverick. The stage coach driver makes known the holdup. Lonagan is introduced as a cattle buyer from El Paso. He says he is broke and is taken home by McGibben's daughter, and immediately takes a liking to her. Cranman arrives and is seen by the Sheriff, who becomes suspicious of him, but McGibben tells him he is not the holdup man. The Sheriff gets the idea that Cranman is the man who is wanted in Ballinger, and confers with McGibben. Cranman meets Elsie. Elsie likes Lonagan and Cranman is unable to warn her against him, although he believes Lonagan to be a bad character. Lonagan calls on the Sheriff and the Sheriff tells him that he suspects Cranman of being the bandit. He encourages the Sheriff's belief. The Sheriff decides to "get" Cranman. Elsie learns of this, and is cautioned by her father to stay away from Cranman. Lonagan presses his suit, favored by the father. Elsie agrees to marry Lonagan. Lonagan insists that the Sheriff arrest Cranman, and, believing the Sheriff afraid, he agrees to arrest him, giving the Sheriff the reward and the glory. Lonagan lays for Cranman and covers him. No one but the Sheriff and Elsie (unseen) sees this. Elsie is not quite satisfied that Cranman is guilty. Lonagan places Cranman in jail, then urges Elsie to leave with him on their honeymoon in Oklahoma. Meanwhile Giles arrives in Maverick. He overhears a conversation and learns Cranman is in jail. The Sheriff, Lonagan and McGibben meet Giles. He is recognized as the hold-up man. Giles admits Cranman is his partner, but does not reveal his character or business. Giles is denounced as the robber. Lonagan attempts to cover Giles, but the latter is too quick for him. Giles disarms the men, keeping them covered, leads them up to the jail and explains that they held up the stage to get the evidence on Lonagan; that he is Pete Howell, and that they have the money he took from Ballinger. Giles turns over photo of Howell to Sheriff and convinces him. Moving Picture World, September 15, 1917
- "Davy" Crockett, whose motto was "Be Sure You're Right, Then Go Ahead." Story opens with Davy's home. Next we see Blake and Anna, who arrive to have saddle girth mended. Davy a backwoods man mends girth, while the young lady reads a poem of young Lochinvar to him. They fall in love with each other. Later Davy sees storm arising, and follows them. They are about to be lost in the storm, when Davy rescues them from the wolves, after finding them exhausted. Later is shown where Anna is about to be married on the lawn of her Father's house to Blake, whom she now hates, when Davy rides in, grabs Anna, pulls her on the horse and rides away to a Country parson's house, marries Anna, takes her home to his own cabin, and says, "Mother, I have brought you a daughter."
- Pete is a wanderer of the desert who has born looking for gold for many years, but who has never been successful. One day ho sees a man dying of thirst. He gives the crazed fellow some water and takes him to his camp, Here they agree to go partners on the claim. Years before Pete had been the proud possessor of a home and family and a friend. But the friend had stolen into the home and had taken his wife's love. So Pete had left and gone to live on the desert. It so happened the young man Pete rescued was his son, as he discovered by a picture of his mother that the lad had in his pocket. But Pete does not reveal his identity. At the edge of the desert lived Tom and his daughter Helen, who make a living by selling supplies. One day Roy comes to buy some bread just as the girl is being attacked by a half-breed. He saves her; after this a love grows between them. A few nights later the half-breed comes to wreak his vengeance on Roy. Pete sees him, but does not shoot quite quick enough and the half-breed succeeds in knifing Roy. The boy is taken to the hut of Tom and there he hovers between life and death for weeks. Continually he calls for his mother and at last Pete realizes that the only way to save the boy is to send for the mother. When the mother arrives Pete cannot stand the pain of a meeting, so he departs to the desert to live out his life in wandering penance and solitude.
- In order that his daughter, Pearl, may become better acquainted with her fiancée, Robert Law, Mr. Jeffries, a wealthy man, has sent them in his private yacht for a cruise in the South Sea. Robert takes his servant, John, along. Jeffries has just received a letter from his daughter stating that they were leaving Cuba and that she thought his suggestion of taking the trip to become better acquainted with Robert was a good one. Hardly had he finished reading this letter before one of his clerks brought in a newspaper telling of the wreck of the Mary Anne, the boat in which the young people had sailed. The paper advances the theory that all were lost. Jeffries is stunned by the blow and does everything possible to find out if there were any survivors. On an island in the South Sea a piece of wreckage is thrown upon the beach, clinging to it are three people, Robert, Pearl and John. As time goes on Robert neglects the girl more and more and she learns to rely upon John for everything. Several times John has discovered a strange creature watching them and the three begin to think that the island is haunted, as they can never get but a glimpse of the phantom. One night the phantom slips into the primitive hut in which Pearl sleeps and tries to take the girl away. John hears her screams and rushes in and frightens the intruder away. He tracks the creature to a cave and they have a fight. John finds that the phantom is really an old man, half crazed from the solitude and in the fight which follows, John throws the old man over a cliff. John sees a cave nearby and wandering in he finds a chest full of gold and silver. John realizes that with the wealth he has, he has an equal chance to win the girl, but in the greed for wealth, which follows, he forgets everything but the sight of money. He is recalled to the present by the arrival of Robert and Pearl and he tries to hide the chest of wealth. The old man, however, had not been killed, but only stunned, and he makes his way back to the cave. John tells Pearl that she belongs to him now and attempts to carry her away. He and Robert have a fight, during which John is knocked out. Pearl then realizes that she has been deluded in John and has cared for Robert all the time. The old man then returns and lays claim to the chest, which John thought was his own. The story ends happily when a passing vessel sees their distress signal and takes them off the island.
- Will Dozier joins the Union army against the wishes of his father and his sweetheart. During the fighting he accidentally kills his father, who has become a Confederate officer. After the war he returns home , and is reunited with his sweetheart through the efforts of a faithful ex-slave.
- Wrong captions under photos in a newspaper make the hero the bandit and vice versa. Also, hold-ups, spurts of horse flesh and the hero saved by the ranchman's daughter from being lynched by her rejected sheriff lover.
- Jane is a country girl who lives in the mountains with her father, the stage driver. She has two admirers, Jed, the deputy sheriff, and Lem, a barber by trade, but a gambler and ruffian as well. One day Lem after losing heavily decides that he must take some radical step to recoup his failing fortune. Crazed with drink, he goes to Jens' cabin and tries to force his attentions on her. As they are struggling Jeff comes along and gives Lem a thrashing. Lem leaves, vowing vengeance. After he has gone Jeff tells Jane of his love and she confesses to be in love with him. Right then and there they become engaged and Jeff promises to return that night to see her. Lem decides to kill two birds with one stone by robbing the stage and making it appear as if Jeff had done the job. That night he and his pal attack Jeff as he is leaving Jane's house and steal his clothing while he is unconscious. They then rob the stage and drop Jeff's hat where they know it will be found. The next morning the sheriff starts out to look for Jeff, as everyone thinks that he is the guilty man. The stage driver finds him as he is groggily walking up the road, and taking him home, tells Jane to keep him there until he can get the sheriff. Jane believes Jeff when he says he is innocent and lets him go. She has a suspicion that Lem is the one who committed the crime, so she goes to his cabin to investigate. Through the window she sees the two men hiding the stolen money. Jane jumps on her horse and gallops for the sheriff. But when the sheriff and his men arrive they find nothing but death in the little cabin. The thieves have quarreled over the division of the spoils and both of them lie on the floor mortally wounded. Jane then goes to where Jeff is waiting for her and the two are happily united. Jeff's name is cleared of all blame in connection with the crime and he and Jane are married.
- Jim Hoyle, an independent tobacco grower, is reading to his wife an account of the fire of the company's warehouses, where a year's supply of tobacco was stored, when Bob Pritchard, his friend the sheriff, with his son Ted, rides into view. The two men continue the discussion of the raids of the Night Riders upon the company's property, while the two young people, Jim's daughter Sue and Bob's son Ted, wander away into the garden, where Ted asks the all-important question. They return to find their fathers quarreling bitterly, and to hear Jim say that the riders are right and that he is going to join them. Bob is furious, calls his son, tells him to have nothing more to do with the Hoyles, and rides away. As summer approaches, the raiders increase their activities. Bob overhears two of them whispering; one says, "Felton Woods this afternoon at four." Bob determines to investigate. Meantime, Ted rides near the Hoyle home and whistles for Sue, who quickly goes to him, her father being away. While the two young people are talking. Orrin Black, a neighboring grower, sees them and informs Jim. Jim is furious and raves at Sue, while Black stands trying to get her attention, but she ignores him. Bob creeps near enough to the group of men, among whom are Jim and Black, to hear them say: "Tomorrow night at the entrance to Box Canyon." Bob gathers together his deputies, instructing them not to fire until the raiders have passed into the canyon, where the deputies can hold them there until morning. That night, when the raiders are cornered In "The Box," Ted and Sue are with Mrs. Hoyle, who is taken ill. Ted rushes for a doctor, who sends a young fellow to find Jim at once. Ted comes upon Bob, who is covered by Jim. Jim hears Ted asking for him and the reason for so doing. Bob exchanges hats and coats with Jim and has him wear his badge, while Bob puts on the black mask. Ted is taken prisoner by some of the raiders. Black is told to lock him in a shack, and later, when the raiders decide to blow up the warehouse and make a dash for freedom, Black again offers to place the bomb, but instead of putting it near the warehouse, he puts it by the shack, and the explosion immediately occurs. Bob joins the deputies, and they rush to the shack, where they find a body and think it is Ted's. Bob dashes to Jim's home with the news. Jim is amazed. He enters the bedroom and sees Sue and Ted seated by Mrs. Hoyle's bedside. Bob is bewildered. Ted tells him that the dead man must be Black, who tried to get rid of him because of Sue, but in the fight Ted overpowered him and escaped. Moving Picture World, September 22, 1917
- A pioneer family, consisting of father, mother, son, young daughter and child are making their way across the plains in a prairie schooner. They come to a pretty spot where they decide to camp and are busy at their work when a guest rides in. He is offered food and made welcome. Each member of the family goes about his work, when the ungrateful visitor attempts to make off with their guns. The child warns them and he is held until the father gently kicks him out of camp, when they prepare to be on their way. Not satisfied with the treatment he received, the vagabond goes to an Indian camp and tells them of the pioneers. There is great excitement and they all make haste to depart. The prairie schooner is again on its way when a western scout warns the family of the approach of the red men. They make every effort to out-ride their pursuers, who steadily gain on them. The scout has, meanwhile, dashed off to get the help of soldiers, who mount their steeds and go to the prisoners' assistance. It is decided best to alight from the schooner and fight the renegade and his followers. The soldiers and scout make a timely entrance, forcing the Indians away. The scout is rewarded for his aid by a kiss from the daughter, which likewise pleases and embarrasses him.
- Billy Carter and two Mexicans, Cuteo and Estaban, are smugglers of opium which they bring across the border from Mexico into the United States. The authorities are unable to apprehend them, so "Pinnacle" Bill and "Cheyenne" Harry of the Arizona Ranger Service are sent to assist the sheriff, Dan Beckham, and the inspectors in their search. "Cheyenne" and "Pinnacle" put up at a Chinese restaurant. "Cheyenne" becoming suspicious of Wong Lee, the proprietor, and the Mexicans, shoots a hole in the floor of his room, apparently by accident. His room is directly above the kitchen in which Wong Lee, Cuteo, Estaban and Billy are conversing and plotting. Enlarging the bullet hole, "Cheyenne" is able to confirm his suspicions. However, he and "Pinnacle" wish to catch the smugglers red-handed and wait until that night when the law-breakers intend to make a trip across the border. Late in the night, as the smugglers are about to cross the river intersecting the two countries, "Cheyenne" and "Pinnacle" as well as the sheriff's party, begin to fire. Billy attempts to get away and is pursued by "Cheyenne." Harry overtakes the boy and when he discovers who it is, he allows him to escape across the line. Billy is the brother of Mary Carter, whom "Cheyenne" has always loved. "Pinnacle" then arrests "Cheyenne," but gamblers by nature, they toss up a coin to decide if the prisoner shall be jailed or freed. The coin, fortunately for "Cheyenne," falls "heads" up. He hands his Ranger badge to "Pinnacle" and rides across the boundary with Billy.
- The opening scene of this Bison production shows Silver Bird, an Indian girl, riding on when she is met by Private Jones, who dismounts and attempts to drag her from her horse. Lieut. Barnes and a companion who enter dismount from their horses and go to assist the young girl. They bind and disarm Jones compelling him, at the point of a gun, to mount, and insist upon Silver Bird accompanying them to the fort to make charges against Jones. Major Pond after hearing Lieut. Barnes' report, and the Indian girl's story, orders that Jones be placed under arrest. Later he is marched before the Major and is dismissed from the ranks. After leaving the regiment Jones joins a band of outlaws. Silver Bird, hidden behind a rock, hears of a plan to rob Barnes, the Paymaster, when he goes to the depot for the money. While returning from this quest Barnes is overtaken by the outlaws. Although he succeeds in disabling one, he, wounded, slips from his horse. The outlaws are overcome with astonishment at seeing Silver Bird grab the sack and ride quickly away. Here is seen a remarkable chase between the Indian girl and the outlaws. After reaching the fort, delivering the money to the Major and telling of all that has happened, orders are given to mount in search of the outlaws, Silver Bird leading the soldiers. During the excitement of the soldiers capturing the outlaws. Silver Bird dashes off to aid Barnes, whom she finds lying by the roadside. After making him comfortable, she helps him to mount the horse with her, and they ride away. The soldiers with their prisoners enter the fort. The Indian girl also returns with Barnes, whom the guards help to the ground. The Major thanks Silver Bird for her bravery, and Barnes, with gratitude, extends his hand, which she shyly takes.
- It all happened on account of a letter that Tommy, the mail boy, forgot to deliver to Bill Brown. Ben tried to make love to Becky, Bill's daughter, but she informed him she had no ambitions to be Mrs. Callahan. Then a young stranger arrived, who told Becky that her father knew all about him, so she said that he could take the cabin in the woods till her rather came back. As the days passed they grew to love each other and Ben became very jealous. Then came a notice saying that Richard Stanley was wanted for a murder, giving a description that fitted Stanton. When Becky found this out she was very much worried and sent Tommy to warn her lover of his danger. Stanton, seeing that there was no way to prove his identity, tried to get away and hid in some nearby bushes. But by accident the men fired some shots and one found its way into the bushes, wounding Dick. He managed to drag himself to Becky's cottage and she hid him in the attic. Some tell-tale drops of blood revealed Dick to the sheriff. The men decided to lynch him. Becky pleaded in vain, so as they took him away she sent Tommy for her father. Tommy rode as hard as he could and met Bill on the way home. Now he remembered the letter which he had forgotten to give Bill, and when he opened it Bill read that Dick was a government forest expert. Hard and fast they rode to save an innocent man and succeeded in arriving just as Dick was about to be hung. After all the explanations were made Dick was freed and Ben foiled in his attempt on Dick's life, retired to safer parts.
- The resident of Gansoor, who is responsible to the British Government for the happenings in the Kingdom of the Maharajah, receives a visit from a friend, Lieutenant Clifford of the U.S. Navy. He is sumptuously entertained by the Maharajah and falls in love at first sight with that ruler's favorite Nautch girl, Zahanna. They meet clandestinely and are observed by Hyzan Singh, who informs the Maharajah of the happening. The Maharajah declares that the lieutenant must die, but is afraid to act for fear of the reprisals which must come at the hands of the British. He plots with the Nahuni, a jealous Nautch girl, who is responsible for showing Hyzan the clandestine meetings. The lieutenant is invited to participate in a tiger hunt and readily agrees. At the last moment the Maharajah pleads stress of business and the lieutenant goes alone with the Hyzan and a few beaters. The tigers are seen in the excitement. It is easy to persuade Lieutenant Clifford to take one direction, whilst the wily Hyzan awaits the return of the beaters who accompany Clifford and desert him when his attention is directed to the big game at hand. They all return to the Maharajah and report their complete success and are overheard by Zahanna, who decides to go to the rescue of her lover. The lieutenant comes upon three tigers and at once they turn upon him, and he barely reaches a cabin made of jungle grass and gets inside when the beasts are at his heels and springing at the door. He struggles to hold the frail door against their savage rushes and looks around to face a huge cobra which is about to strike him. He fires through the door and the tigers run away frightened and killing the reptile as it strikes at him. He gets outside in an exhausted condition, and he discovers he is lost and spends the night in a cabin in fear. In the meantime the Nautch girl has bribed one of the beaters with jewels to take her to where Clifford was left. They hunt the night through and Zahanna separates from the beater for a while. In so doing she stumbles upon the lair of the tigers and when they attack her, she crawls into a hollow log and fires at the brutes as they enter the log after her. Half fainting she wonders what to do. Clifford hears the shot and finds her as the beater also comes up attracted by the shot. Zahanna is afraid to return, but Clifford tells her that the British residents will protect her and they go together.
- John Blakely is a handsome young widower, father of a girl of five, and working in Morgan's office. Mrs. Morgan falls in love with him, and when he refuses to call she vows vengeance. Mrs. Morgan manages to have John appear guilty of theft, and Morgan, because of John's child, tells him to clear out. Shortly after Mrs. Morgan dies and confesses what she has done. But Morgan can then find no trace of John. John has gone to live in the Canadian wilds with his daughter, Dorothy. Years later Morgan's son, Paul, goes out there with a prospecting party. The two young people of course fall in love, and all would have been plain sailing if John had not found out Paul's identity from a letter he receives. He decides to kill Paul. He finds Dorothy in the arms of a man and so shoots him. The man is Dick Thornton, John's best friend, to whom Dorothy has come for advice. Then Paul and his father arrive. The mistake is all explained away so that Paul and Dorothy marry.